How can mobile and data visualization empower consumers around money? Capital One is giving away $50K in prizes for the best ideas to help Millennials and American families get a handle on their finances. Spend the weekend hacking at the Capital One People & Money Hackathon and create the next personal finance innovation.

]]>Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:06:11 ESThttp://www.meetup.com/gdg-silicon-valley/messages/76688603/I helped run a couple of the GTUG Campouts back in the day (Wave / App
Engine [’09], HTML5 [’10]) and I’m helping run the Launch Hackathon
this year, which should resemble / shamelessly rip off the campouts as
a result (3 days, ~1K designers and devs, free food, plus $100K in
investment to the winners), so I thought some of you might be
interested: http://launch2015...

]]>Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:25:19 ESThttp://www.meetup.com/gdg-silicon-valley/messages/76354366/I thought many of you may enjoy tonight's JUG event:Android and Devices: IoT with BLE

You can find details:http://www.meetup.com/sv-jug/events/196808062/

The speaker is Dario Laverde a senior developer evangelist at HTC. Sorry for the late notice.

ThanksKevin Nilson
]]>Wed, 19 Nov 2014 14:13:09 ESThttp://www.meetup.com/gdg-silicon-valley/messages/76349960/If you're trying out the new Android Wear and Google Fit SDK, you might be interested in this code challenge from Google.

-tom

Submit your app to the Google Fit Developer Challenge

With the recent launch of the Google Fit platform, we hope to spur innovation in the world of fitness apps and devices and encourage users to have a more active lifestyle. To help grow the ecosystem and help users get a more comprehensive view of their fitness, we’re excited to announce the Google Fit Developer Challenge in partnership with adidas, Polar, and Withings.

We’re inviting you to create and showcase an innovative app, or update an existing app, that integrates with Google Fit. The submission deadline is February 17, 2015. Our selected judges will choose up to six new apps and six existing apps for Fit, as the winners. The judges are looking for fitness apps that are innovative, fun to use, keep users coming back, offer users real benefit, and meet the Android design and quality guidelines.

Challenge winners will be featured on Google Play in front of Android users around the world. Runners-ups will also receive prizes, in the form of smart devices from Google, adidas, Polar, and Withings, so that they can continue to tinker and improve their fitness apps with the latest hardware.

Check out the challenge website to find out how to enter and read the official rules. We encourage you to join the Google Fit Developer Community on Google+ to discuss your ideas and the challenge.The challenge is open to registered Google Play developers in the US, UK, France, Germany, India, Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan who are over the age of 18 (or the age of majority in their country). For the full terms and conditions, read the official rules.

we wanted to announce a free event coming up. There is a gathering of Android and Design experts to discuss Lollipop, and Material Design. The event is sponsored by GDG and part of the AnDevCon conference, but is free to attend, and doesn't require registration.

Develop and Design for Android LollipopThe latest version of Android contains many significant changes from previous versions. Attend the Fireside Chats to hear a panel of Google Developer Experts discuss the most important changes, and the steps you should take to incorporate them into your Android apps.

This special event will include a lively discussion on Android Lollipop's latest features and how to best take advantage of them. Also come ready with questions and suggestions of your own!

AnDecCon is offering a heavily discounted passport rate of $595 for 3 days and $895 for 4 days. Discount code GDG3 will be $595 for 3 days and discount code GDG4 is $895 for 4 days. This offer is exclusive to Bay Area GDGs.

Here is a list of great Google Speakers that wlll present at HTML5devconf and IoTaconf. Some of them were presenting at one of our monthly meetups, so we thought we send this note out as sign of our appreciation. Also because we think the topics they cover are important to you.

]]>Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:39:32 EDThttp://www.meetup.com/gdg-silicon-valley/messages/75294072/Hey all,Registration is now open for GDG Silicon Valley DevFest 2014. DevFest 2014 is an all day featuring Polymer Polytechnic, plus tracks featuring new technologies, speakers, codelabs and lightning talks. See our website for a full lineup of sessions.

]]>Wed, 15 Oct 2014 19:05:54 EDThttp://www.meetup.com/gdg-silicon-valley/messages/74932692/Below is info about a Google Glass developer conference that I thought many of you may enjoy.

Kevin

GGDevCon – October 28-29, San Francisco (Burlingame)

GGDevCon is an independent, two-day developer conference about Google Glass. This intensive technical conference for developers, software engineers and architects will train you how to master the Google Glass Development Kit and create outstanding Glassware. Learn about Live Cards, UI design and more. Get practical answers, roll up your sleeves, and learn how to program the wearable platform that is powering the next generation of wearable technology.

A VERY special rate is being offered to members of our Meetup. Use the reg code GLASS and receive $300 off the prevailing price. Register by October 17, and the $795 early-bird price is discounted to $495!www.ggdevcon.com

One of the best free events is approaching soon, so get ready and sign up, if you haven't done so. And if you can spare some time SVCC needs your help. This year's event is bigger and better than ever and we need more helping hands to make things run smoothly. Volunteering has so many benefits, the chance to meet and work with others like you, that feeling of goodness knowing you are contributing to our technology event, plus you're invited to attend the speaker and volunteer appreciation dinner on Saturday and you'll get a cool T-shirt. All this for just a couple hours of your time.

Our procedure this year for volunteering is the same as the past two years. If you want to volunteer, you need to update yourregistration/profile page and let us know you are interested in volunteering. Then, after that, simply go to our "Select a Job"page and pick what suits your schedule and interest. This registration page requires you to check the box at the bottom to volunteer, as well as put a contact mobile phone number that we can reach you on at the event itself. Then, after you have updated your registration, go to this page: Volunteer For Joband pick the job(s) you are interested in doing. Most of the jobs are 1 hour with a 15 minute overlap to train the next volunteer. A few jobs are longer 1.5 hours. We'd really appreciate volunteers who can handle 2 slots (back-to-back on Registration, which would effectively be about 2 hours). 12 Days to go! Do not forget to pick your sessions on the site asap.

The Nest team is hosting a Thread info session at the Google Mtn View campus next Tuesday (9/30). You can read more on Thread and Register for the event if you're interested in learning more.

Please be mindful that there are limited spaces - so register only if you know you can attend.

Thanks,

Your GDG Organizers

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Intel® is hitting the road for the Intel® IoT Roadshows series and Mountain View is the second stop on their trip! It's all hands on deck at this exciting hackathon because we will be giving the first 100 attendees who have registered a free Intel® Galileo Board (http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/do-it-yourself/galileo-maker-quark-board.html). Come learn how to use the dev kit, form a team, and hack the night away. The board includes lots of cool sensors, software and accessories to stimulate your creativity. Free event: food, drinks, and fun challenges and prizes. You could go home with a Basis Watch and $$ prizes for the hackathon winners! It's all kicking off at the Hacker Dojo (559 Fairchild Dr. Mountain View, CA 94042) Sat, Oct. 4 at 9am!.

Want to share your thoughts on some cool new products and designs we’re working on? If so, we invite you to complete the questionnaire linked below to see if you qualify. If you’re selected to participate, we’ll follow up with you directly to set up your appointment time.

]]>Mon, 28 Jul 2014 12:52:04 EDThttp://www.meetup.com/gdg-silicon-valley/messages/71113242/I thought many of you may be interested in Open Web Camp that is happening July 12, 2014 at PayPal Town Hall in San Jose. The day long event only costs $10.00 You can sign up at http://openwebcamp.com/register-owc/

Google is hosting an all day Google App Developer event on Jul 9th to provide insight to App Developer on multiple Google products, get tips on how to grow your app business, learn about trends in the app industry, meet with top app developers and industry leaders, etc.

You'll hear presentations from teams such as Play, Developer Relations, AdMob, AdWords, Analytics, Cloud and Glass. And there will also be a technical specialist on site to answer any questions.

8:30 - 9amBreakfast

9am-3:30pmConference

3:30-5pm Reception

If you're interested, please register using the link below. Bear in mind that RSVPs are limited and it is a weekday, so register only if you are confident you are make it.

Reminder - our third annual Google IO Pitch Night event is on June 24th. Read on for more details and sign up info.

If you have a startup idea, use Google technologies and plan on being in San Francisco on June 24, or you just like to hear about startup pitches from others who do, then you’ll want to come to the 3rd annual Google I/O Pitch Night event.

Pitch Night is a collaboration between StartupWeekend, the Google Developers Group in San Francisco and Google Developer Relations. This event is often sold out, so please register now if you’d like to attend. While the event is across the street from I/O badge pickup, there is no requirement to have an I/O ticket to attend Pitch Night. Our all-star panel of judges includes Angela Benton (NewME accelerator), Megan Quinn (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers), Trae Vassallo (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers), Parker Thompson (500 Startups) and Harper Reed (CTO for Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign). Mandela Schumacher-Hodge from StartupWeekend is our moderator.Register at: http://goo.gl/sMJ9Qu

The weekend before Google I/O 2014 (6/20-21), Smart Glass Innovators are holding a 24 hour hackathon to build Glassware for Education. Get your ticket here: http://pre-io-glass-hack.eventbrite.com Use the code 'gdg_glass' for a discount on certain tickets.

Smart Glass and Wearables will be enabling innovation across many industries in the coming years, one such field is Education. Entangled Ventures has a special interest in seeing leaps forward in Education using technologies like Google Glass. Let's see how we can enable teachers and students with Glass!

I thought some of you might be interested in the following event. So if you want a sneak peek into devops here is your chance. And for a limited time you can use the "GDG" discount for a 20% off the EARLY BIRD pricing of $100.

Here are the details:

DevOpsDays Silicon Valley is right around the corner, kicking off a month from now on June 27th and 28th immediately after the Velocity Conference. I hope that many of our members will join us for what is probably the best DevOps related event in the world.

Looking at integrating monitoring with your flavor of configuration management? production container management? using technology to quantify self? clustered configuration is hard? Open spaces give you the opportunity to talk with other people trying to solve the same problems. Come early and get your ideas on the proposals board!

Each morning starts off with coffee and entertaining and thought provoking presentationsfrom the community. Here are more than 100 videos recorded from previous devopsdays events from all over the world and some from around here:

]]>Fri, 06 Jun 2014 14:07:06 EDThttp://www.meetup.com/gdg-silicon-valley/messages/69882902/Will you be in San Francisco on June 24? You should come to I/O Pitch Night! Food, drink, startup pitches, networking with fellow developers, and right across the street from Google I/O pre-registration at Moscone West!

]]>Thu, 05 Jun 2014 22:42:09 EDThttp://www.meetup.com/gdg-silicon-valley/messages/69543612/Hi everyone! There is an I/O extended event in Mountain View - hosted by Google - and we have a small number of tickets to give away, so we're having a raffle.

Want to go? It's June 25th, all day, and it's free, but if you win a ticket we do have a request of you. Read the fine print ;)

To enter, fill out your name and email on this form before 7pm PDT on June 4th:

Reminder - May is the official “Nominate a Google Developer Expert (GDE) Month” across all North American GDG chapters and its close to month end already. So if you haven't already, remember to nominate someone you know ( or even yourself) as a GDE!

The Google Developer Experts (GDE) program recognizes the rockstars in our developer community for their outstanding work helping Google developers worldwide. Read more here https://developers.google.com/experts/

GWT.create conference is the #1 place to learn and speak about GWT. Last year we had 650 very technical attendees. While the conference is focused on GWT, it covers the ecosystem of frameworks and tools related to GWT. Furthermore, the most exciting things happening in the web platform on should be covered.

The next GWT.create will be arranged at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View next January.

I invite you to submit your proposals for presentations to GWT.create. This helps the whole community and gets you a free ticket.

As some of you may be aware, the Google Developer Experts (GDE) program recognizes the rockstars in our developer community for their outstanding work helping Google developers worldwide.

May is the official “Nominate a Google Developer Expert (GDE) Month” across all North American GDG chapters and we invite you to participate.

How, you ask? Simple as 1,2,3.

1. Think about developers who are rock stars in Google developer technologies, write great code and open-source it, and share their experiences in blogs, on social media and by speaking at GDGs, meetups and conferences. (Yes, it could even be you)

2. Nominate these rock stars using the form at http://goo.gl/Ofw0r4. In the referrer field (“your name”), ask them to include your name and "GDG Silicon Valley" as the name of your GDG chapter

3. Candidates will be evaluates and interviewed within three months of their nomination

For more information about the value and benefits of the GDE program, here are some FAQs.

Q: What are GDEs?A: Google Developer Experts (GDEs) are experts in one or more Google developer technologies. The GDE program recognizes the exemplary work done by these rock stars for Google Developers worldwide by inviting them to be part of the growing GDEcommunity. This also makes them a resource for GDGs and others who are into Google technologies.

Q: What are the criteria to be accepted as a GDE?A: Google Developer Experts (GDEs) are experts in one or more Google technologies. GDEs are gurus, mentors and friends; they are developers just like you, they speak at events, have a strong online presence and an excellent technical background in their field. These independent developers share their knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm about Google technologies with fellow developers worldwide, inspiring them and helping them grow. Visit the member directory athttps://developers.google.com/experts/members to find an expert in the products you care about.

Q: Can I nominate a person without asking them first?A: Yes, that is fine. We will send each nominee a very polite email telling them we have heard great things about their work and asking them if they would be interested in interviewing to become a GDE. If they say no, we will not bother them again.

Q: Can I talk about this on social media?A: Yes, feel free to tell your friends by email or social media.

Thank you for your participation.

Your GDG Organizers.

]]>Thu, 08 May 2014 15:13:52 EDThttp://www.meetup.com/gdg-silicon-valley/messages/68459102/Welcome to Code Jam to I/O for Women!

Women today are building technology that changes the world. That’s why we want to encourage more women to join us at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco on June 25 and 26. So, we’re launching Code Jam to I/O for Women, a national coding competition in which professional and student programmers are asked to solve algorithmic challenges in a limited amount of time. The single round of Code Jam to I/O will challenge female coders residing in the United States to compete for one of 100 coveted tickets to the sold-out Google I/O conference and a $500 travel stipend. Don’t delay,register now before things kick off on Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 10 AM PST.

If you’re new to Code Jam and the platform, or are in need of a little practice to increase your chances of winning one of the 100 I/O tickets we’re giving away, be sure you check out the contest FAQ. You're also welcome visit the Global Code Jam site for past problems from Qualification Rounds of previous Code Jams. You’re also encouraged to take a look at our Quick-Start Guide to learn the basics of using the platform.

Please note that participation in Global Code Jam, currently underway, does not preclude participation in Code Jam to I/O for Women. Separate registration is required.

I am sure that most of you heard already, but here is the official email:

We're seeking new Explorers and we're opening up some spots in the Glass Explorer Program. Any adult in the US can become an Explorer by visiting our site and purchasing Glass ... including you!

This isn't the same Glass you saw last April. In the past year, we've released nine software updates, 42 Glassware apps, iOS support, prescription frames, and more, all largely shaped by feedback from our Explorers. The Explorer bundle costs $1,500 + tax and includes Glass, charger, pouch, mono earbud, and your choice of a shade or a frame for no additional charge. Check out the styles of frames and shadesand pick your favorite.

we just had a great talk about Wearables. So I would like to point to you an event that the folks at O'Reilly are hosting on April 9th on Twitter. See information below.

If you miss out on winning the free pass for SolidCon - a Wearables and IoT conference held on May 21–22, 2014 in San Francisco, CA, O'Reilly provided us with coupon code - UGSVGDG20. Use this code when you register at http://oreil.ly/1goinVK

1. On April 9 at 9AM PST search #IoTChat on Twitter to view the feed & conversation. Or you can login to Twubs for a chat view: http://twubs.com/IoTChat2. @OReillySolid will post 10 questions about IoT topic for everyone to answer. Every few minutes a a new question will be tweeted from @OReillySolid labeled Q1, Q2, Q3, etc.3. Jump in the converstaion anytime—pick questions that are the most interesting to you and answer directly on Twitter, labeling your answers to the corresponding question: (A1, A2, A3, etc.).4. Make sure all comments, questions, replies, or retweets includes the hashtag #IoTChat so everyone can see what you tweet. Refresh results for #IoTChat to see updates.5. At the end of the #IoTChat, one random participant will win a free pass to Solid Conference, announced from @OReillySolid

thanks

Peter

]]>Sat, 05 Apr 2014 19:40:47 EDThttp://www.meetup.com/gdg-silicon-valley/messages/66843852/GDG Silicon Valley reached a whopping 6000 member mark today. Congratulations and thanks to all of our members for making it such an awesome, fun and interesting group!

We look forward to hosting more exciting events with the latest in technology trends and the newest in google technologies as we grow and expand!! Speaking of which, if you haven't signed up yet, our next event on Machine Learning/Wearables applications is on April 2nd. Register now!

We will supply wifi, food, an API, craft materials, a community of people to network and build with, plus a place to share ideas and be noticed by others/companies.

Background:

Since September, the public has been experimenting with an app that relies on the kindness of humankind. It's called *impossible* and it leverages the idea of a gift economy through social media to give & receive (skills, objects, advice...). Users interact by stating their hopes-such as a desire to #learn Spanish or to find a #jogging buddy-and are matched to other *impossible* users who can grant those wishes based on their skills and proximity. Everything is for free and the only currency is an abundant one: 'thanks'.

I thought the Android developers among us might be interested in this event:

Bay Area Android Fest (#BAAF) 04/12

Join the Bay Area Android community for a full-day event dedicated to covering all aspects involved in creating an Android app. In-depth sessions on development, design, testing, scalability, monetization, and app discovery. The content will be useful for veteran Android developers as well as people interested in creating Android apps.Here are a few of the sessions:Chris Perry - Android Lead at Sony - Open Source Android Libraries

Ankit Jain - CEO of Quettra, Previously Head of Discovery for Google Play - Panel on Balancing Organic and Inorganic Growth on App Stores

You might be interested in an event this Saturday at Google in Mountain View: the DevArt hackathon, to enable developers to collaborate on DevArt submissions. It starts at 9AM and you can register here:

15% Discount Use Code MEETUP7DISC (Limited Number Available)CodeStarsSummitFun With Functions In JavaScript - Douglas Crockford- Friday - This hands-on workshop is about using functions and thinking with functions to take your JavaScript use to another level. This workshop will challenge you to do better and think differently. Are you game? WHAT WILL YOU LEARN Through a graduated series of problems, your knowledge of what is possible with Javascript will grow exponentially. WHO SHOULD ATTEND Developers, Operations Engineers and Testers and anyone wanting to increase their skill in functions and JavaScript.

AngularJS End-to-End Application Development Workshop. 2 Days With Dan Wahlin - Tuesday & Wednesday - The course starts with an introduction to building Single Page Applications (SPA) and talks about the features AngularJS provides. From there you’ll learn about different aspects of the framework such as views and directives, controllers and routes, as well as factories and services. Along the way, different debugging techniques and tools are discussed, how different AngularJS components can be customized and shared with other components, and different JavaScript patterns that can be applied to applications to make them more maintainable. By the end of the workshop you’ll have walked through the process of building a Single Page Application (SPA) from end-to-end using AngularJS and be ready to apply that knowledge to applications you need to build.

CSS3: What you need to know. Estelle Weyl - Thursday - Web development without image editing software, IDs or classes? What was impossible 5 years ago is almost simple to do with CSS3. Prototyping with CSS3 has made the development process fun again. Yes, there is new syntax to learn, and different browsers sometimes require slightly different markup, but the power is worth the pain. And, once you understand the syntax, there are tools so CSS3 isn't a memorization game. Improved development time, reduced maintenance costs, SEO, accessibility and site performance? What more could you ask for?How about all of it, all in 1 day! In this full day workshop you will learn about the capabilities of CSS3, progressive design principles, time saving techniques, and debugging and development tools. Yes, we'll cover rounded corners, but this skills-based workshop will cover so much more, including selectors, fonts, media queries, performance, responsive features, background effects, gradients, animations, transitions and transformations.

]]>Fri, 14 Mar 2014 15:05:27 EDThttp://www.meetup.com/gdg-silicon-valley/messages/66277112/Come feed your technical mind atHTML5Devconfand hear thoughts behind some of Google's architectural proposals for the new web as well as talks from favorite performance experts. From Alex Russell of Google who is an architect for new technologies like ServiceWorkers and Promises, to Performance Wizards like Steve Souders and Ilya Grigorik, To Jank Busting Googler Tom Wiltzius, RobDobson with Web Components and this groups very own Chromcaster Kevin Nilson. We are also offering a Chrome App Development class by the wonderful teacher Joe Marini so check out the day long training offerings also. HTML5Devconf is very proud to present valuable new techniques, technologies and architectures from some of Google's Best.

From outside Google we have the always stimulating and controversial Christian Heilmann of Mozilla, Independent mobile guru Peter Paul Koch and the always thought provoking JavaScript oppinionist Kyle Simpson, http veteran Daniel Austin on the new HTTP2 spec and the list goes on as we finalize more.

We look forward to Some exciting news from CEO Steve Newcomb of Famo.us as they #ReleaseAlready, the uber fast growing messaging space from Kik Messanger CEO is flying down from Canada.

Some of you might be interested in following event that takes place in Google's SF office:

Creative Code Meetup XI, a digital art event, will take place on the evening of March 10 in Google's San Francisco office. Code artists Pedro Mari and Dr. Woohoo will present their art. The event is a collaboration between Gray Area, a new media arts organization and exhibition space in San Francisco, and Google. Please RSVP soon if you want to attend!

thanks

Peter

]]>Tue, 04 Mar 2014 15:21:19 ESThttp://www.meetup.com/gdg-silicon-valley/messages/65442082/I am speaking at the Silicon Valley Web Builder about Google Cast and Chromecast on February 26th in Fremont. Many of you may enjoy this event. You can register and find all the details at:http://www.meetup.com/Silicon-Valley-Web-Builder/events/162396922/

Sometime soon I will be giving a similar talk at the GDG Silicon Valley.

As you may be aware, Google strives to cultivate a wholly inclusive workplace around the globe. A key component of that vision is empowering women to pursue their dreams and build tools that change the world.

On International Women’s Day on March 8th, Google is partnering with Women Techmakers to launchWomen Techmakers Summit: Mountain View! Women Techmakers Summit: Mountain View will be an all-day event taking place on Saturday, March 8th at the Google office in Mountain Viewand will be geared towards increasing visibility, community, and resources for technical women in our industry. The summit will include panel discussions, technical talks with female technology leaders, career-planning discussions, networking opportunities and more. And, in true Google fashion, there will be plenty of food and giveaways.

Space will be limited, so we invite you to apply to attend by February 19, 2014 (we’ll notify accepted applicants by February 24th). For more information and to apply, please register here http://womentechmakers.com/. If you have any questions, please email[address removed].

As you know data has been growing by leaps and bounds and so has the technology surrounding it. For those you attending the Strata conference on Making Data Work this week, Google has a great talk on the latest applications on Google's big data platforms. More info here http://strataconf.com/strata2014/public/schedule/detail/32227 , do check it out. And feel free to share your thoughts and comments on the meetup message board forum.